Combination hanger and rod



Nov. 11, 1952 A. E. HENLEY COMBINATION HANGER AND ROD Filed March 24, 1950 Fig. -l.

I 8,, MM m "T u A 4 6 MM 5 I 3 v0 Em I3 0 Q r w M .1 w v F A Patented Nov. 11, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMBINATION HANGER AND ROD Arthur E. Henley, Morrisville, Pa.

Application March 24, 1950, Serial No. 151,590 1 Claim. (01. 211 1o5 .2

This invention relates to improvements in a combination curtain rod and hanger assembly which is extensible in nature.

An object of this invention is to provide an improved curtain rod and hanger assembly which is extensible so as to take care of inaccurate or approximate measures in hanging the curtain rod and so that a single assembly may be used for various widths windows in lieu of the necessity of having to employ at least two hangers and one curtain rod.

Another object of this invention is to provide a combination curtain rod and hanger which may be secured to split woodwork without further damage thereto or may be used without marring the face of uninjured woodwork.

Other objects and features will become apparent in following the description of the illustrated forms of the invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top view of one of the assemblies;

Figure 2 is a front view of one of the hangers forming a part of the assembly in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side view of the structure in Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary top view of a modification of the structure in Figure 1.

There are two hangers of the type shown in Figures 2 and 3 afforded in the assembly of Figure 1. Each hanger consists of an L-shaped bracket Ill having a long leg I2 and a short leg I 4 extending at right angles therefrom. Teeth 16 extend downwardly from the outer edge of the short leg I4. These teeth are adapted to bite into the material of the member to which the hanger I is attached.

The said hanger [0 has a smoothly curved plate 20 extending from one edge thereof. An aperture 22 is provided in the smoothly curved plate to accommodate a rivet 24, screw or the like. The rivet or screw 24 is adapted to pass through the opening 22 in the smoothly curved plate 20 and through one end of a tube 26.

The hanger 30 which is identical in structure and functions to the hanger I0 is adapted to be fixed to the same stationary element and has a screw 32 passed through an opening in the curved plate 20' thereof. This screw 32, rivet or other substitute, is also passed through a tube 36 which is of larger diameter than the tube 26. The tubes 26 and 36 are telescopically arranged to provide for the necessary extensibility in assembly.

Holes 38 and 99 respectively are provided in the long and short legs of the brackets to receive screws, nails or the like in fastening the brackets I 0 and 30 to the stationary element, as a part of a window casing, a door or the like.

Reference is now made in Figure 4. The L- shaped bracket 40 is adapted to be secured to a stationary element in the same manner as the bracket 36 or the bracket Hi. There is the omission of the teeth [6 in the bracket 46 to illustrate thatit is contemplated within the invention to either use or omit these teeth as found desirable.

In lieu of the smoothly curved plate, the embodiment of Figure 4 has a straight plate or shank 42 extending from one edge of the longer leg of the bracket 40 and a rivet 44 is passed therethrough. This rivet is also passed through a curved tube 4-6 which is secured to the shank or plate 42. By this assembly the equivalent of the plate 20 or plate 25 is provided in two pieces instead of one.

A tube 48 is telescopically arranged on the curved tube 46 to provide for the necessary extensibility in the assembly shown in Figure 4. Of course, in the embodiment of Figure 4 there are two brackets 40 employed together with the duplication of the other necessary structure.

Having described the invention, what claimed as new is:

A combination curtain rod and mounting assembly comprising a pair of telescopically arranged closed wall tubes which are slidably connected together at their inner ends, a pair of mounting brackets, each mounting bracket having a longer leg and a shorter leg, said legs being adapted to be fastened to a structural element, means including a curved element integral with each long leg and disposed in the outer ends of said closed wall tubes for connecting said tubes with said mounting brackets, and fastening elements passed through apertures in the outer ends of said tubes and aligned apertures in said curved elements located within the outer ends of said tubes.

ARTHUR E. HENLEY.

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